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Child Nutrition Bill Backed by Michelle Obama Heads to President for Signing
By Lynn Sweet - Politics DailyThe House on Thursday passed a child nutrition bill that contains elements crucial to First Lady Michelle Obama's "Let's Move!" anti-childhood obesity drive launched last February. The measure passed 264-157 after President Obama and White House Chief of Staff Pete Rouse helped calm Congressional Black Caucus fears that the poor will get shortchanged because of curbs in future food stamp benefits to help pay for the bill. The measure now heads to the president for signing. Mrs. Obama said in a statement, "I am so thrilled that the House of Representatives has passed "The Healthy, ...
Michelle Obama Takes Obesity Drive To Fattest State -- Mississippi
By Lynn Sweet - Politics DailyFirst Lady Michelle Obama brings her anti-childhood obesity drive to Mississippi -- the country's most overweight state -- on Wednesday, when she will appear with GOP Gov. Haley Barbour, who has left the door open to a 2012 White House run. Barbour cuts a portly profile; I saw him on Feb. 5 in Chicago, when he delivered a pep talk to Illinois Republicans. On Monday, in an interview with MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell, he was reminded what he said last month about a 2012 campaign: "If you see me losing 40 pounds that means I'm either running or have cancer." Asked about 2012, Barbour, who is ...
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